Among the recurring “isms” about football that’s guaranteed to bubble up during a season is this one: it’s never too early — or too late — to have a pivotal […]
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Valiants Showing Off Their Staying Power
Billy Parra, like many football coaches, is a mountain climber. Not in the literal sense; you won’t find pictures of him scaling Gibraltar or Kilimanjaro. But coaching team sports is […]
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Highlanders Look to Restore Momentum in Showdown with Cougars
Granada Hills Charter High is eager to prove itself a challenger to Birmingham Charter High when West Valley League play begins. But after pounding Arleta in the season opener, the […]
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Patriots Expect to Figure Things Out
The glum expressions seen after Birmingham Charter High finished on the short end of a 49-7 loss to Chaminade High last week mainly belonged to the Patriots’ fan base sitting […]
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Prep Football Schedule Stretched Over Three Days of Holiday Weekend
The schedule for many of this week’s prep football games will be staggered over three days because of the upcoming Labor Day holiday weekend. The Los Angeles City Section will […]
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Canoga Park Tries Again to Get its Season Started
Canoga Park High did not lose its 2021 football season opener against Canyon High of Canyon Country last week. It didn’t win it either. The Hunters never got to play […]
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San Fernando Football Unexpectedly Moves Into a New Era
“Everything must change, nothing stays the same,” has been the lament of many a philosopher, poet, song stylist — and school athletic departments, where players all matriculate to different educational […]
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A Difficult Season? That’s Typical for Chaminade
Ed Croson has — no surprise — fielded some excellent football teams at Chaminade High since coming back to the West Valley area Catholic school in 2009 (for the second […]
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Golden Cougars Will Lay in Wait — For Now
For Kennedy High, the only thing that could have made the 2019 season even better would have been to win a championship. The Golden Cougars weren’t greedy, however. After the […]
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Granada Hills Charter Running for a Spot in City Football’s Top Tier
The archival narrative of Granada Hills Charter High School football lists five players who reached the NFL — Jamal Brooks, Blanchard Montgomery, Greg Marderian, Jim Schmedding, and of course Hall […]